N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Without a disruptive focus you are merely building your business model on a “me too&# platform of mediocrity. Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. Is your business focused on disruptive innovation?

Business Model 338

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 338

N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2017

This week, after months of reflection, I’ll be instructing our team to remove all references to thought leadership from our materials. I want to free our team to think bigger, better, and in new and different ways. For my part, I’m in the process of trying to eliminate the term “thought leadership” from my vocabulary.

Leadership 283

Leadership Constraint Disruptive Innovation PR 283

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Transforming Organisations for Sustained Innovation by Hubert Gatignon via @INSEADKnowledge. From @JohnBaldoni 5 Ways Jim Harbaugh Inspires His Team. MIT: New research fundamentally challenges Clay Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation. The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs via HBR. You know about silos.

Self-aware 150

Self-aware Christensen Disruptive Innovation Magazine 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It offers the immense potential to innovate new markets where none existed before: Think of the billion-dollar industry the Square credit card reader unlocked, for example.

Innovation 25

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Industry 25

QAspire

MAY 7, 2017

Our workplace conversations today are dominated by topics like increasing globalization, economic uncertainties, automation, disruptive innovations, social technologies, generational shifts, mobility, people analytics, gig economy and such. Social mindset plays a huge role in enabling people to perform.

Learning-by-Doing 195

Learning-by-Doing Disruptive Innovation Brand Long-term 195

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 23, 2018

Team members openly make fun of failures related to the ideation process in a way that nurtures their collective, creative input. Lilli Marten Christ is an energetic development manager who works for German automotive firm Daimler AG in China, and opens each of her weekly team meetings with a joke or a riddle.

Innovation 277

Innovation Creativity Tools Automotive 277

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Functions and clear roles and responsibilities have been replaced with multiple bosses, cross-functional teams, working with partners all over the world and a general sense of never quite standing still. We recently did an interesting exercise in our own team. In this brave new world, the only constant is change.

Learning-by-Doing 272

Learning-by-Doing White Paper Leadership Development Diversity 272

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Breakthrough ideas and disruptive innovation stem from a deep understanding of the customer. When it comes to innovation, culture is more important than strategy. By embedding innovation in your organizational culture, you can set yourself up for future wins.

How To 65

How To Handbook Tactics Open-book 65

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

Complex problem solving is the core skill for 21st century teams. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. Yes, we find the most common mistakes in complex problem solving are weak problem statements, poor problem disaggregation, and insufficient attention to good team norms.

Disaggregation 79

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 79

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Whitney Johnson – Thinkers 50 #49 Management Thinker 2015, Disruptive Innovation expert, author Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. Gabriella Teasdale – President at Fundación Transformación PY, CEO Paraguay Leadership Team – John Maxwell Team.

Disruptive Innovation 70

Disruptive Innovation Executive Coaching Human Resources CEO 70

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2020

Breakthrough ideas and disruptive innovation stem from a deep understanding of the customer. When it comes to innovation, culture is more important than strategy. By embedding innovation in your organizational culture, you can set yourself up for future wins.

Handbook 65

Handbook Innovation Tactics Open-book 65

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

Your sales team was generating twenty or so good leads a week, and now it’s clear that you could generate an order of magnitude more if you just had the people or the right mechanism. The late, great Peter Drucker stated that failure to create a solid team at the top-management level is the core reason startups go off the rails.

IPO 120

IPO COO Dunning Delegation 120

LDRLB

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As a leader you must learn to build bridges leading from old habits and comfort zones to the more fertile grounds of disruptive innovation. It impacts culture, performance, brand, innovation, leadership development, succession and even the sustainability of your enterprise. As a leader you must get this right or fail.

Disruptive Innovation 133

Disruptive Innovation Belief Systems Bottom-up Tactics 133

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

Bosses held control over their means for food; and, if employees were “good team players” they got to enjoy the equivalent of being in the pen on the grass. Wise leaders know that success in the future will not come from incremental improvement but rather through disruptive innovation. Champion Diversity.

Wilde 150

Wilde Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Open-book 150

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 22, 2010

During a recent e-Roundtable , Max Carbone , President of TeamWorks , shared with Executive Roundtable members his top team building tips gleaned from his close to 20 years of working with senior executive teams. Passion: as important as keeping team members enthusiastic, team leads must be passionate about their mission.

Tips 34

Tips Team Bottom-up Teamwork 34

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? It is fashionable today to have management committees, at various organizational levels, working as teams. Teams can be entrepreneurial, but they first need to function effectively as a team.

Supply Chain 53

Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 53

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Perceiving that part of the company's manufacturing process in China needed to be changed, he refrained from laying down the law and instead asked the senior team members in China to come up with their own recommendations. "I If I empowered my team in the U.S., Two weeks later, nothing had been done. What's wrong with these people?"

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Bottom-up Execution 14

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2020

There are a variety of purpose-driven organizations whose sense of meaning and mission are drawn directly from the product offered—they sell a disruptive innovation or sustainably sourced consumer product with zero environmental impact. If not, then there’s probably one or more of these misconceptions that you’re still believing.

Mission Statement 117

Mission Statement Organization Company Business Model 117

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2020

There are a variety of purpose-driven organizations whose sense of meaning and mission are drawn directly from the product offered—they sell a disruptive innovation or sustainably sourced consumer product with zero environmental impact. If not, then there’s probably one or more of these misconceptions that you’re still believing.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Organization Company Business Model 78

Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 24, 2020

When you think about it, the model of disruptive innovation is the exception, not the rule. Many leaders associate the term “innovation” with game-changing disruptions of existing industries or the creation of entirely new ones, like the way Apple’s iTunes helped create a whole new way to sell and distribute music.

Innovation 101

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Organization Cooper 101

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

Most leaders now recognize that the best teams leverage diversity to achieve long-term success. When members of a team, or leaders of an organization, all have the same style, you’ll quickly run into trouble. Observe your team members. Sometimes they also consider organizational attributes, like function or rank.

Team 8

Team Diversity Disruptive Innovation Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Setting up small, high-performing virtual teams has enormous potential for companies to increase sales, penetrate new markets, improve business processes and come up with the next generation of disruptive innovations. But putting together a great team is tricky. The manufacturing company is not alone.

Team 8

Team Sharpe Disruptive Innovation Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Since its HBR debut in 1995, the concept of disruptive innovation —the process by which a smaller company with limited resources is able to launch a product or service that displaces established competitors—has been extensively incorporated into startup vernacular. million in aggregate funding raised by the startup.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Entrepreneur Sample Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Disruptive Innovation. This significant breakthrough in the organization’s operating model and value network facilitates the achievement of growth in a new market, disrupting the entrenched players. 5% on small sustaining innovations. 5% on big, disruptive innovations. 10% on sustaining innovations.

Budgeting 12

Budgeting Innovation Disruptive Innovation Six Sigma 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

The team had spent the past two months formulating what it thought was a high-potential disruptive idea. Team members had researched the market thoroughly. The team members smiled, because they were prepared. Budgeting Disruptive innovation' The meeting was going swimmingly. Carol began to look impatient.

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

During Jobs' absence from 1986-1998, Apple's innovation premium dropped by 30% as the company quit innovating and its investors lost confidence. Time will tell whether Cook and his team will actually catch the front edge of the next disruptive innovation. Close colleagues and friends vouch that he can.

Innovation 13

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Restructuring Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

If you’re leading your team through big changes, this episode is for you.

IT Strategy 18

IT Strategy Strategy Team Disruptive Innovation 18

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Finally, health care, which has been largely immune to the forces of disruptive innovation , is beginning to change. Less than 1% of those investments have focused on helping consumers to play a more active role in managing their own health, an area ripe for disruptive approaches. jennifer maravillas for hbr. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

that Pixar's team somehow got ahold of. But the idea of taking the time to look around your industry, identify your opportunity, and list off a set of defiant (and slightly cheeky) guidelines that everyone on the team can hold onto proved incredibly powerful for Pixar. This producer faxed Disney a set of rules (remember faxes?)

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Team Film Tactics 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We hope you'll find some insights here you may have missed the first time around, and that they'll help you make 2013 a productive and innovative year for your company and yourself. Find a Job Using Disruptive Innovation. The Science of Building a Scalable Sales Team. It's Still Tough to Get Hired (and to Quit).

Blog 12

Blog Disruptive Innovation Meyer Rogers 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

The tactics being used by CSAA IG are all ones that leaders in other companies can apply to their own innovation culture change efforts. Early on, CSAA IG’s executive team recognized that to create a culture of innovation, the organization needed to do more than embrace individual innovation projects.

Insurance 11

Insurance Innovation Core Competence Disruptive Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2017

Knowing this, it is important to recognize that radical, disruptive thinking is not something that can be mandated. Here are a few guidelines for bringing out your team’s creative best. To strike a meaningful balance, it is vital that everyone on your team understands the spectrum and uses it in shaping their creative thinking.

Creativity 11

Creativity How To Brainstorming Video 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Over the years, venture capitalists have been some of the most ardent students of disruptive innovation. The business model innovation of accelerators is that they have a systematized selection process that is akin to the application process for college. Still, being astute and agile does not guarantee immunity to disruption.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

To foster a conversation about the potential implications of connected experiences for designers, technologists, and business people, Albert’s team at Microsoft recently released a short film documentary called “Connecting: Makers.”. Design Disruptive innovation Internet'

Business Model 14

Business Model Venture Capitalist Disruptive Innovation Porter 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2012

Innosight's venture capital "team" is a two-person shop in Singapore. The core team, Pete Bonee and Piyush Chaplot, scour Singapore to find the best investment opportunities. It helps our team understand the areas to probe more deeply during further discussions or detailed due diligence. Then, the bar goes up.

Stage-Gate 15

Stage-Gate Due Diligence Disruptive Innovation Document 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

To do this, Inoue and his team at GRIT are preparing to work in new ways, both inside the organization and with outside partners, to create products as the company looks to the electric vehicle, aircraft and energy sectors for future revenue streams.

Engineering 8

Engineering Innovation Content Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. When confronted with disruptive technologies, many companies fail to align digital strategies with their core strategies.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8